December 18, 2009

Snow Angel on The Foam Roller

Earlier in the week I put up a post about foam rolling and taking care of the fascia. Today I have included a video for one of my favorite foam roller exercises the snow angel.

The purpose of this exercise is to help open up the tight muscles in the chest and shoulder and relieve the knots found in the upper back and around the shoulder blade area. Lay on the roller and go through the angel motion twice, just as you did when you made your angels in the snow as a child (arm part only, keep the legs still). Note any areas of tightness as you go through the motion.

The third time through you will begin to move a little to the right and left on the roller stopping on any pinpoint (trigger points) painful areas. Roll back and forth on the spot gently until you begin to feel the spot loosen.

Continue this process until you have hit and relieved as many trigger points as possible.

I hope it helps, have a wonderful weekend.

Stay Motivated,

Karen